Historical Events
- Feb 26 Construction of Walnut Street Jail is approved by the state of Pennsylvania; it will become the first experiment with the practice of solitary confinement in the United States
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 2 Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek, composer
William Henry Harrison
Feb 9 William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (Whig: March 4-April 4, 1841), born in Charles City, Virginia (d. 1841)
- Feb 22 Matthijs I van Bree, Flemish (court)painter
Famous Deaths
- Feb 20 Charles Emanuel III of Savoy, King of Sardinia, dies at 71
